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ired to by Fimo'. Speake'rs to
Gain Their Point.
0.. wonders of demosthenegs
or: he ever in after years re
d ,of set purose that babit of
smering which he had taken auch
oo means to eradicate. A, stam
r is a most effective trick some,
es and wf know that 'Alici6>iades
1d his lisp by no means the least
tl bf his many winning ways. The
in oratory. combines both the
nventional. meaning of the word; it
t sometimes a h'abit, sometimes -u
11 sometimes' both.
.'Addison tells .a capital story of a
-bk in forensic oratory. At West
inster Hall ''there was a counsellor
o never pleaded without a piece of
lthread in his haiid, which he used
twist about his thumb. or finger all
e while he was speaking; the-wags
those day called it 'the thread of
s discourse,' for he was not able to
tter a word without it"-as a fool
h client proved once to his own cost,
or he stole the tiread im1d his advo
a'te came to utter grief.
It is the secohd desciption of trick,
he :"taking dodge," to borrow a
rase from the vernacular, which is
the more generally interesting. The
elassic instance which naturally. oc
curs to every one in Burke's famous
dagger scene" in the house of com
mons when he emphasized his pero
ration regarding th'e Reign of Terror
in Fi:ance by, dramatically throwing a
dagger on the floor of the house as an
example of the methods of the apos
tIes of libefty and fraternity.
In a way this recalls an incident of
the recent election, says the London
Globe, -though the oratorical trick in
this case was unpr'cmeditated. A can
didate-there is no need to mention
names-was advocating tariff reform
when a zealous free trader threw an
unwholesome tomato at him, an ''ar
gunent '' which greatly delighted .the
Zealous one's faction. ''Rot ten, of
course,'' remarked the candidate, ''so
mu1h for cheal) imports.''
One of the tricks credited to Sheri
dan was very much on the liles of a
famous 'score" of classic times. A
member whose admiration for the
brilliant statesman was not tempered
With discretion greatly annoyed Slier
idan by . continually ejaculating,
Hear heArlI'' without rhyme or ret.
son. Sheridan determined to give him
a lesson. At the close of one of his
speeches, denunciatory of some indi
vidial, he. used the words, 'Where
shall we find i' more folish knave, or
a more knavish fool then he?'' ''Hear
ear ' . caile its isall froim Ihe troll
hesome- enthusiast. SlheridanII howed,
thanked him for so obligingly supply
sumled hlis lse nat.
1Agnd long cetis b oih eremtos
lienes,oinviedighn against sn ovio
nentht wh' wasuechted outreeon
subsideslt from the ot of' Prst ia,o
isteo. '' heno effethot-- whire-a
to.' makeit ia.s thouhv ivtentl
he) pronrouncedl thbetwrss biu
oiy tha the umidm iecs shoted oulti cor
rtion lrom ial oits-''Mst hiotos!
to mak te ciiiensu ~'tle- themve oplythe
si li5 t waia enlleani of posit-ion
whsvi dence. if accepted(, wol d lhe
conclusve. lin his opening speec
Curr aivejighed wihal bh ittr
niess an d 4loI(uIice ini Ihis po wer*
ag.aintst thle chief 1 wvi tess for thle otherci
side, but' withbout act nal ly mtentionuinig
his ntamne. 'Whien thle time camne for~
theI witnhess-am Mr. Leger-to be
swo'rn CutrranI interposed545 in the 1)1and
est w,ay that this way surely a need
less formality; Mr. Leger's (ebaracter
was such that lie felt sure the jury
would accept his simp)le assertion. The
unfortunate man fell into the trap). ''I
am glad, Mr. Gurran, you have a het
ter opinion of mec now then wilieni von
first spoke.'' ''You admit, then sir,
that, though I niamedl no names, you
recogn ized my description as applying
to yourself?"
Another of Curran 's oratorical
tricks is not unlike one Sheridan per
pietrateld on the house. In thlis ease,
the last speaker, it will be remembnered
had w~oiind npj his speecl) with a
clasasical ptqotation, which, to judge
from the plaudits it received, inade a
most effective point. Sheridan in his
reply. regret tedl the honorabile mem
ber bad ntot c'omlpleted the quiotat ion;
h7e wmould do so himself, and the house
wbul then see how fatald to thle ednt
q1tiont of t.he honorable membetdir was
Sauthorit y .he had cited. Where
Sherdian ith mnagnifi(cnt dr'a
ceffect r-ecited a sonorous piece
beriush I Anmd the house applaud
d vib6rofisly.
Cuiran 's ti*ick was at the expense
of ,4 preternaturally stupid jury.. The
,judge happendod to be a consummate
.olassical scholar, knowing Curian to
be the. same, was natitrally astounded
on hearii)g him quote a price of Latin
as coming. from the Phantasmagoria
of thel historian Hesiodl ''You-mean
Latin poet, Mr. Curran. Hesiod was
ii Greek, a poet, and. not an historian,
and I doubt whether he ever wrote a.
work 611ed the Phantasmagoria. The
lines are Juvenal's''. "Hesiod, my
lord, I asure you, and Greek not Lat
in." "You must be out of your sen
ses, Mr. Curran, oi think I am out.of
mine. The ines are latin.'' ''Well, my
it hound they will find it-Greek.'' The
lord, I can only suggest thht we leave
as an issue for the jury, and I'll be
boind they will find it-Greek.'' The
trick 'was perfectly effectual.
rought the Whole Olass.
Many a year ago a "plebe" at the
naval academy astonished an upper
class man by going to him and an.
nouicing, ''See here,.1 don't like the
way my-class is being treated.'' The'
upper class main was nearly surprised
out of his wits, but, recovering from
his stupor (and only one who knows
the full meaning of ''rate'' imong
the midshipmen can have a correct
appreciation of what that announce
ment from a "plebe" to an upper
class man carried), the ''rating'' de
manided, ''Midshipman, do you want
to fight?" "That's what I am look
ing for.'' The fight was. arranged
and the ''plebe'' whipped his man,
says the New York Herald. Then an
other youngster was supplied, and he
went. the way of the first, and so on
until a half dozen had been discomfi
ted. Sometimes several fights would
follow in succession, when the ''plebe'
would say: ''Gentlemen, I am tired
now. I'll see you again another day.''
The academy authorities found out
w%,hat was in progress and sent for
the ''plebe'' and then, before offi
cial authority, lie afilunilliced, ''I can
whip the whole class.'' It. turned out
that file ''plebe'' had been a prize
fighter before entering the academy.
A Wife's Reproach.
Admiral Capps, in an address to a
temperance society, told how drink
had once caused the downfall of a
brave soldier.
In the course of the sid story' he
said:
"Sometimes, after a debauceh, the
main would be repentant, hivnble. He
would promise his wife to do. better,
but, alas, tile years taught her tle
barrenilless of all such promises.
"And one night, wheii he was get
liig lo 10be an old man--a prematuire
lV old man, thinl-limber, stoop-should
(:red, Aith red rimmed eyes-he said
to his wife sadly:
"X'ou 're a1 elever woman Jenny ; a
couurag~eouis, active, go od wVomani. You
should hiave married a: bet ter man
than I amn, dear.'
"She looked at him, anmd thiinking
o4f wha t lie once haiid been, she& an
sweredl in a quiet voice:
John Mosley Gaines's New Poem.
CIonigressional R?eord.
Mr. Gaines oif Tenniessee-Mr.
Spealker. I kinow thIiat whatI 1 shmall
read th liepehulIica ns willh enjoy, he
cause{ it is euit iitled " W heni D emoteracv
W ill D ie." An Ol Hickory Dem.io crat
hais put1 inito. ver'se thet folIlwing 4(1n
miocracye will die: "When thle lion
eats grass like ani OX, Anmd thle Fish
worm'swallows the whale,
Whlen t he terreapin kit s wVoo len soctks.
An th Ile ha re is out run by Ithe snii;
Whien serpient s wal1k upijrihI like mueni,
Anhd doodl(11e hugiis t rav~el like frogs;
Wh len thle i'rasshopp)iers feed 4oni the
Anad feat hers are 101nnd( on hogs;
W~hen Thomas cats swim in thle auir,
Andi~ elehanittts roost uiponi trees;
When insects in summer are rare,
And sniuff' niever makes peole
sneeze;,
Whten thle fish ereep over drmy land,
Anad.mules onu veloeipeds ride;
Whien foxes lay eggs ini the sand,
Anmd womieni in dr ess. take no pride;
Whleni Dutchelni no longer drink.heer,
And girls get to preachinig on time;
When the biily goats buttI I(ron t he
,rear,
And trodfsoni 1n longer is crime;
When the humming bird brays like an
ass,
Aind limburger sriells like cologne;
When p)loulghshamres aire made out of
glass,
Anad hearts of Tleninesaseans arec
stone;
When(1 5(isens dow'~s ini li epullian
head(s,
And w~ool,ona the hydraulic ram;ii
Th'len thle 1Democra tie party wvill be
dead,'
An id ' this. counmtriy not. w~orthi a
Pewter's Industrial Bugs.
Kansas City Journal.
Silas Pewter, of Hendriek's town
ship, Chautauqua. county, who dis
covered. the 'adamant bug, is getting
rich fast off his discovery. It was
in August when he discovered the
bugs aid several weeks' before he
could get things shaped up to ''colon
ize" them properly.
He now has at least a dozen differ
ent ''herds'' of them.. Some. are re
moving the stone from fields for fram
ers by: eating it into sand and letting
it go -back into the soil when the
ground is, plowed. Pewter gets two
dollars an acre for this.
One herd working on the road in
Iaririson township cuttikg the rock
out of the hills. Several herds are at
work in the sand-paper factory be
tween Elgin and, Hewins.
Mr. Pewter says his sand-paper.
mill has paid well, but thinks he will
close dowiu during the spring months
because so niany road overseers want
the bugs for spring road-work.
. He says lie is about to close a con
tractN with the Sante Fe for the mas
tieationi of the bi, boulders along its
tracks west pf Elgin. This, he says,
will -ive the buns work all season.
Tact Lacked.
Miss Clara Clemens, Mark Twain's
brilliant daughter, was talking at
Atlantic City about entertaining.
''Tact,'' she said, ''is essential to
good entertaining. W!ith the most
hospitable spirit in the world, one
may, without tact, only render one's
guests uncomfortable. Tact averts
bliunders.
''I once dined'at a house where the
hostess has no tact. Opposite me sat
a modest quiet gentleman. This gen
tleman suddently turned as red as a
lobster, an1d fell into a horrible fit of
confusion of hearing his hostess say
to her husband:
-'low inattentive you are, Joe.
You must look after Mr. Blank bet
ter. le's helping himself to every.
thing. ''
Truly Rural.
Harper's Weekly.
The seventeen-year ol(1 daughter of
a certiiin Wall street m11an1 recently
visited for the first time the fine
farm in Duchess coulity for- the past
year owned by her father. The little
girl immediately became greatly in
terested in the prize cattle that are
the special pride of her parent, and
asked many questions relative to their
breeding, ets.
One evoning- just it disk as tle giri.
was staldilg. oi the verlin(da of tile
armhiouse talking to the manag1er.
thiere camie i the low, mourifiul note
of a cow.
'Just listen to that or cow,"
said the little girl to the 1anne,
"m1ewinlu. f,41r her coll."
Kn~.icker-Is Newrichi happy ?
140eker-No; by the time fortune'se
cup' ('ame to( him his wife wou ldn't
Brio oklyni Lfe.
M~lot her-lly, they tell me thaut the
yon profe ~, tssora runis a ft er youi everyV
wvher'e. I t huink it is v'ery improper.
Da,ughlter-W--ell, shall [ run1 aflor
" Youn've beeni s' prIosperous t hiis
yeari you ought to b e very happya.'
"lHow can I he' hiappy whleni I ~ain't
.ea t hingr in thle warl to g.!rowl~
i lot roau!.las-S-ay, oinaallnii. t heire w;
a I ilne wlilellu pre,i iniiised tao shaa
youri i last dollair trith me.
Rich -l- haut 's ailh righ-lt ; I ha ven't
got dawni toa it yet.--(at holie Statad
ard.
I ot arl-Newlyweal is greatily war
ied' ove an 30-day note.
linpj ert -( ani'I. he meet it ?
Harold-I I ain't that--li's a noite
his wife g-ave him to mail thirty days
aoand he's just thbought of it
JudgLe.
Ne'rvouis Player (deprecatinly play1
ing card)-I really don11't kniow whlai
to play. I'in afraid I've made a fooal
oft myself.
P aritnter ( reassurmingly) -That 's all
riixht . I don 't. see what else you counld
hav'e done !-Punch.
Safe for a Short Distance.
*A young man wvho is blessed with
a Scotc(h kinsman need never' fear
that he( will be allowed to holld too
high an opinlion of himiself.
"What do(1 you t hiniik of my p rojee I
t o st udy la w?'' asked yo'ung Wit heri
b.V of his greal-unele, Rober. D aoabi
son1, a person w"hom lie was dlesriois
to prtopiliatte.
" I should call it a very hoaarb.s
amusemen'iidtt," saiid Mrf . 1)1 biamildson d ry
13y a fteri a complrehenlsive surrey aof
the yi'ung manlfl's fatiuous face and gay
at tire, "'if' not eartied tooi far.''
Brbecus.
We will give a first clhss barecu
at Williams' store on campaign da)
August 8th. . Every is, envitei
to be present and enjoy a good bar
becue; hear the candidates and spen
a pleasant day.
J. W. Sanders.
Jno. W. Ropp.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
By John C. Wilson, Esquire, Probat
Judge.
WHEREAS, George A. Long hat]
made suit to me, to grant him Let
tors of Administration of thu Estat
of and effects of Annie E. Long
THESE ARE THEREFORE to cit
and admonish all and singular th
kindred and Creditors of the said An
nie E. Long deceased, that they b
and appear before-ie, in the Cl-rt o
Probate, to be held at Newberry 01
Saturday, July 28th next after publi
eAation thereof, at 11 o'clock in th
forenoon, to show cause, if any the;
have, why the said Admninistratioi
should not be granted.
GIVEN under my Hand, this 12t
day o' July Aino Donini, 1906.
J. C. Wilson,
J. P. N. C.
NOTICE.
Littleton College, Littleton, N. (
and Louise Cottage Willoughby, Beac
Va., will both be opened June 15 a
suinimer hotels. The fall term of Lil
tieton college will begin Sept. 1i
Summer work at the College, at Lou
ise Cottage or at home will be offere
to 20 young women who make immed
iate application. Address J. N
Rhodes, Littleton, N. C.
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of their fairness and accuracy.
For nine years The Record has a(
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New Carnegie Dormitory
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